New Tricks2003

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Supt. Sandra Pullman:
Hannah Taylor, eighteen. Abducted from her home on the second of April, 1992. Two days later her mother received a ransom demand for twenty thousand pounds. The ransom was paid, but Hannah wasn't returned.

Wilson:
Three weeks later, Michelle Davis, nineteen; she's abducted as she returns home after a night out with friends. Neither girl's seen nor heard of again. Hannah and Michelle lived five streets apart. There's no evidence to suggest that they knew each other.

Supt. Sandra Pullman:
But, given the geography and the M.O., we have to work on the basis that the perpetrator was the same. Now, the original investigation drew a blank, but in 1998 forestry workers discovered a decomposed body in Epping Forest, and DNA samples on file from the original investigation showed it to be Hannah Taylor.

Wilson:
However, last month an inspection reveals that a technician at the lab that had conducted the DNA tests wasn't following procedure. He mixed up the girls' DNA samples. The body isn't Hannah Taylor; it's Michele Davis.